Gaurd hosts U.S.- Nation of Georgia Confab

The Georgia National Guard played host to this year's annual U.S.- nation of Georgia Bilateral Defense Conference (BDC). The five-day event began Sept. 16.

Lieutenant Gen. David B. Poythress, The Adjutant General; Maj. Matt Saxton, who manages the Guard's State Partnership Program; and Lt. Col. Matt Shannon, the program's in-country bilateral affairs officer were among the American delegation sitting down and talking with Batu Kutelia, Deputy Minister of Defense of Georgia, and others about the continuing relationship between the two countries and the Nation of Georgia's progress as a growing democracy and the building of its military toward meeting NATO standards.

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